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I hadn’t expected Liv’s invite It was a first, co from her to me instead of the other way around Remnants of hot chocolate and s on her rug It was a toasty, war that made me want to eat so in ht before Christmas

Liv’s boxes of pictures were stacked on top of her bed

“This was not what I expected when you invited me over”

“Did you think it would have to do with booze? Maybe carving a block of ice into an ice luge for shots?” She chuckled, flipping through more pictures

“No, I figured you’d try to paint ”

She tugged open her bedside drawer and grabbed the bottle of polish rolling around in there I spotted the box of condohtened around the stack of pictures inMr Hypocrite

“That can be arranged I think electric blue ht be your color There was a woraphy ht, crazy blue dance party” She slapped the bottle against her palm

Shaking my head, I looked at the neon polish in her hand and backed up, slipping off the edge of the bed She shot forward, grabbing ainst the wall, I stopped my fall

My fingers wrapped around hers, and the juers Her eyes widened, and her full, pink lips parted They were shiny froh the pictures

The taste of her, even masked by the alcohol, flooded h o of her hand

She gently shook her head like she was co out of a trance, the same one that called to me whenever I was

near her It was for self-preservation, tothat step with Liv would mean

My friendship with Colht never recover from what had happened with Felicity, but if I went after Liv, he’d probably try to kill otten between hielica and then Felicity? She’d hate me What I needed to do was keepso far…well, most of the time

Pushing off the wall frorabbed her desk chair

“As if I don’t get enough crap froet me an earful”